L The Omaha ; ! Daily Bee I 1 \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA SATURDAY , MORNING , FEBRUARY 15 , 1890. ' " NUMBER 230. _ _ _ _ IOWA DEMOCRATS INDIGNANT They Acouao Temporary . Speaker I Hotohkloa of - a Brooch of Faith I HE ATTEMPTS AN EXPLANATION M lint llicr Insist Tina ills Action IVns Prompted 1)n Dcsiro JB y to Keep lllmscirin the B Clinfr Twcnlv-rivo Ilnllnts Taken , Dei Moines , In , Feb 14. [ Special | fl Telegram to The 1Jee. | Neither party M In the logljlaturo ' was In fighting trim today } The fnlluro of nil negotiations for ending 11 the deadlock tins scomod to lcavo everybody I lltnp and Indifferent The democrats are , I very sere over yestordny's ruling of Tempo 11 rary Speaker liotchkiss When they 11 wanted to introduce n proposition to Bottle 11 the speakership question by gambling for it II .bo ruled them out of order Ilut ho Is a i i democrat , and they think ho ought to have HRF1 * * decided In their favor They huvo criticised J blm so harshly that ho read a paper from ' 'M the chair today defending his ruling , and In * , I slBtlng that it was In line with precedents M and authority ; but they are still sere , and I * say that ho was inlluonccd by a dcsiro to [ I continue the temporary organization and it keep himself in thu chair If Sllico the state auditor has refused to Usuo { . any warrants for salaries the deadlock as- * sunics a moru serious n pect lor Impecunious members Tlioy have been hero llvo weeks 1 and have not him a cent yet , Hoard bills are I piling up aud these who are ubla to loud I money to their less fortunate colleagues I hnvo had their generosity put to the test I Bovcral times Sonic of the members from I the rural districts Insist that they are about 1 "strapped1" A good runny are going homo I tomorrow mid boo If they cant ' pick up some I i ' funds to tide them over a llttlo lungor [ 'lho members seemed to think that they I had bettor caw wood today , so they stopped talking and balloted away us If they nxpoclcd mi election every time They took twenty five ballots , tno largest number in one day since the deadlock bcnn Tno limine Des Moines , la , Fobt14. When thohouso was called to order this morning Speaker liotchkiss mndo a statement In regard to the ruling of yesterday , saying ho thought after • consultation ho wis right in the main and would give a mora liberal construction of ' , the terms of the agreement nnd hoped the i members would raise less objections to prop ositions for a settlement uf the deadlock A communication from \V. W. Watkins i ' recommending himself for United States / senator wnu read Two ballots wore taken , y both resulting lu a tlo Mr Soosbo nitro > ducod a resolution Instructing the custodian " - ttf'forocuro Implements and sot the members at work fixing ut > the capitol grounds , but it was ruled out of order After several moro ballots had been taken the house adjourned | until this afternoon Eleven pairs wcro announced this nfter- noon and roll calls worn taken uu Negotia , tions between tbo two parties are all off , aud i the deadlock bus become agamo of freeze out After the uinotecnth ballot the house , adjourned Thesenato mot this morning and adjour ned over till Tuesday afternoon . Ilia Ice IlitrvHt Mason Cmla. . , Fob 14. [ Spoclal Tele- grnm to Tub IIeb.1 The ice industries in 1 northern Iowa have assumed largo proportions tions The scarcity of Ice in many localities has caused tno managers of packing houses , in Chicago , Milwaukee , St Louts , Kansas 1 City and ether points to become alarmed , and every nvailablu lake aud river bus a lurgo force of mon at work getting out Ice Thousands of cars are being loaded daily i" and orders are pouring In to push the work : us rapidly as possible The weather remains fuVoruble and Indications are that the supply J will bo equal to all demands , • Onion Comity Fnr.norV Institute , , Ciieston , la , Fob 14. [ Special Telegram to the Hee.1 The Union County Farmers Instltuto closed an Interesting two days session today Many subjects of Importance to farmers wcro discussed O. W. Higby nnd J. 1) . Sullivan , prominent attorneys , on invitation , dellvored addresses on the tariff question W. H. Kobb roada an argument In favor of government owticrshio of rail * roads Steps wore taken to establish a crenmory and cheese factory on the co-opara- tivo plun Ask u Itcdncilon In Rat * * , Des Moines , la , Fob 14 , [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bee I The Ioiva HncU and Tile association mada application today for 20 per cent reduction in tbo freight rates on nut coal ' 1 bey say that the tile business during the past four years has been poor on account of dry weather , and glvu as a further reason for tbo reduction that the manufacture of tile is a great public good , us by means of the product hundreds of acres of laud are re deemed from wuste and mndo Into farms , * ; " , wboro the poor man flnds a homo v | . Tlio KnlIroaI Commissioners Da MoiNes , la , Feb 14. | Spooial Tele gram IoTiie IJuk.J The railway commis > sioners hero received word that the Des Moines & Kansas City railway Is not com plying with tlio order of tbo board in replac ing lho station at Leslie The board is also asked to consider whether a railroad com L. pany can charge dcinurrugo at ono station and nol at another , und whether such action is not discrimination DUiHiioiiH | ? | ro nt Mlle DesMoinis , la , Fob 14.- [ Special Telegram , - gram to The Bee ] A spcclul from Milo , , Warren county , reports a disastrous flro there this evening , ltbcgan about 0 o'clock in the livery barn of J ; W. Holliugswortli , - It spread to tbo Dolmont hcuso nnd de i- stroyed tbo hotel with most of its contents , Several adjoining buildings were baved after being badly scorched Loss , 13,500 ; Insur ance , | } , & 00. A Now Line to Don Mill no * . Dfb Moines , la , Fub 14. On Monday a new line from Chicago to Ucs Moinss will bo opened by the Milwaukee road They use ' ( " " r .y tbo Dos Moines & Northern for the last twenty-live miles from Madrid to Des Moines Totilght they aunounco a cut of Wi per cent below the cut of classifiutlon rates from Chlcugo to Des Molues 'J li Supreme Court Des Moines , la , Fob , 14. [ Special Tele gram to Tub Uce.1 Judge llrthrocit of the supreme court filed a decision today In the case of the state against Fred Hall , con victed of highway robbery , In the Polk dis trict court , ufilrmlug the vordlctof the lower couit This completes the work of tnlsterm and the court has adjourned OetM Twenty-Pita Von in Ceiuii Hands , la , Feb l4.-John White , ludicted for murder of Archie Nect at Uoln- beck , pleaded guilty at Clruudy Center today to murder In the second degree , aud was ' sentenced to twenty-live years imprisonment ,4 Ills partner In crime , Alexander NeUon , ij yf wow serving a tou years scntonce " Load Men Adjourn V % Ciiioaoo , Fob , 14. [ Special Telegram to * • The Bek | The lead men concluded their ] session today It was reported that the ses [ sion would list for auotber day , but when it vvai found that nothing could bo douo In tbo way of forming nny kind of n combination among the lead smelters , thondjourmont was , taken The discussion today was about the details of business , All those present were ngrced that the prlco of lend Just now Is too low , but no ono was ready to suggest 0 remedy the rest tvould adopt " 1 believe that In the spring prices will bo better , " said Guy C. Barton , who presided at the incctlnr , but In the load buslnoss It Is always hard ' to accurately prophesy , Ono thine Is sure nnd that is that prlcos will never bo kept steady unless some sort of a combina tion is formed A GIlIMSSft llONANSSA Tlio IMohcst anil Most ICxtenslvc Gold Lena Known Ciiicaoo , Fob 14. A conference of great Importance was held today between two Chincso dignitaries nnd representatives of the big mining machinery firm of Frnzlor & Chalmers of this city The result was that negotiations were ontorcd Into look ing to the construction of n 300 stump mill in the mountains of China The magnitude of the deal may bo understood when It is stated that that the mill Bet up will cost $4,000,000 , this Including transpor- tutlon , , erection , skilled labor , etc The Chincso Informed them that there had been discovered the rio/.cst and most extcnslvo gold bearing lead In the world The Chlneso for many years have known that In the mountains of Tal Shan , in the provlnco | i of Shan Tung , there was gold I ! , but not until a year ego did they rcalizo the extent of It , when some ono who had worked in the J mlues nnd mills of California began prosn peeling nnd discovered tbo bonnnza 'J hey orcctcd a rude mill and from the start the production I of gold was enormous They claim that not a ton of ere taken out has yielded less than $ T00 , whllo much of It has run Into the thousands The matter was kept qulot and n big stock company formed that t secured control of about eighty miles of land In the vIclDity , nnd the two China men now hero wcro sent to this country to mnko nrraugements for the purchase of muchinory , etc , nnd also to llont a certain part I of the stock Chu Sing Kwan and Tong Slug ! Ken lauded in San Francisco two months i ugo and had no difficulty In dlspost Inc I of stnek to wealthy Chinamen there From J here they have gene to Washington In 1 an Interview ono'of them said the gold property I is on a peninsula across the Corean sea from tbo peninsula of Coroa ana alrcctly west TUB COMMISSIONS ItElORT Wiilely OlrtVront Ooncltiuioiis Drawn by iho London Ircsn London , Fob 14 , The Star ( T. P. O'Conf nor's i paper ) asserts that the Parnoll com missions : report is a triumphant acquittal of all the accused Particltlto members of the commons < 'J ho Froomnn's Journal says theParnellito members of the commons uro acquitted all ulongtho line The report , it says . Is virtually - ally a verdict against their accusers The Express says that the report indicates the work of the land league was connected with the increase of crime In Ireland The Pall Mall Gazette says that the report of the special commission is a morocomplcto vindication of the Parnellites una a more swooping condemnation of the Times than the most sangulno of the homo rulers ven1 turod to hope for The St James Guzotto says it will bo a inonatrous perversion of the report to deduce - duce therefrom a general verdict of not guilty Parnell and his as sociates wcro found guilty of criminal conspiracy maintained "by Incite inonts from which crime directly oiisuod Parliament would not go beyona its right if It expelled them ub though they wore uctu- ally convicted The Glebe says the report will henceforth bo supreme authority on the history of the land lcaguo It can not bo appealed to for ono purpose nnd not for another , therefore those quoting from it to provo the acquittal of the Parnellites of certain charges will log Ically bo compelled to admit they wora guilty of criminal conspiracy Parnoll in rnrlimnent London , Feb U. Amid the cheers of the opposition In the commons today Parnell 1 naked what action tbo government proposed I to take upon the report of the commission , Smith the government leader , replied that thu ministers bad not had time to decide on a course The debate on the address was resumed Parnoll moved an amendment asking the 1 repeal of the coercion uct Ho at- tacliod the potty persecution which 1 the government dally Indicted upon 1 many persons and the coercion act under Balfour Almost every act of Ualfour Parnoll said , appeared directed toward 1 : drlvintr lho people of Ireland to crime The ' lcaguo of today , Purnell said , differed widely from tbo land loagu o of 18S0 , and 1 Ualfour could not plead as nn cxcubo that crime was bolng rovlved On the contrary , i tbo people were quiescent in oxpoctution 1 of boon obtaining their rights Tbo 1 action of tbo government tended to own Its 1 defeat and could not succeed in turning the 1 tide of the aspirations of the Irish people Wcbstor , the attorney general , charged 1 Parnell with making ucsusatlons against 1 Ualfour without evidence to support his nllegations lho party leaders in commons decline to give opinions on the Parnell report The J Irish nationalists hold that it improves tholr position , ' 1 hey critlcizo it freely and point I out various errors and anomalies In it Many of them accuse the judges of bias because 1 cause they did not censure tbo Times and I Houston , Wll.lllCL.U'S WAY rlio Voting ICuiporor's Plans for Uc- moving lliu Social Ills Ueiiun , Fob 14. Tbo council of state summoned in pursuauco of tbo imperial re script opened today , The emperor In the opening address said tbo council should try to frurua a scheme for the protection of tlio workingmen from tbo arbitrary systems and operations of employers by which gross advantage - vantage was taken of their needs and their inability to help themselves by any other means than the desperate remedy of strlliers They should also try to protect wnmon and children against long hours of labor At the same time duo regard was to bo given to how far German industry will bear the increased burdens thus placed on tbo cost of production wltti- out jeopardy to Germanys position as a competitor in the markets of the world Not loss important for assuringpeaceful relations between masters and mon uro forms of guarantees to bo offered to working ' men to secure thorn the right tj express , through representatives enjoying their confidence , their own statement of i their Interests In any difference The closest technical study should bq given to making state directed industries patterns and exam pies of effective solicitude for the working man The committees or sections Into which the council is divided are pledged to absolute secrecy as to the contents of tbo bills laid before thorn , , hho Wan Ills WHV Pkovidknce , It L , Feb 14. ( Special ToU ogram to Tub Hee ] A social volcanio eruption occurred hero today when it be- ' came known that the liousokeopcr of the late Amos B. Ucckwith , president of the Dyer vlllo manufacturing company , claimed to be tlio widow of the dead man The claimant is Mrs , Maria Sherman , thlrty-fivo years old , who had been in the service of Mr Ucckwith for some years Tbroo hours after ho dlod the Housekeeper showed a mar riago certificate to her , friends aud said she had been tbo dead mans wife Today when called upon by reporters Mrs Sherman said she was Indeed lho wife of Ueckwith i , und that she Intended to assert her rights , TARIFF REDUCTION PROBLEM _ _ _ RopubllcarjB { , Atrroo that Somothlnrf Must bo Done _ _ _ WHERE TO BEGIN , THE QUESTION Ulnlnc's ' Itcclproolty rlclioiiio with Contrnl and South Americans Uncle Pny for Govern incut Ktnuloyvs • WASniNOTON UUIlBAtT TllE OMAUA UeB , ) 513 FounTEBNTU Stueet S Wasiunoton D. C. Feb 14. ) The republicans nro by no means n unit onn the tariff question They nro all agreed that a reduction of the revenue | should bo made to the extent of 150- 000,000 or $00,000,000 yenrly , but concerning the ) mannor'in which it shall bo done and the articles from which they shall bo removed they are as far apart as over , lho great majority of tlio party In both houses of con gross favor the reduction of the duty on sugar to about SO per cent of the pi esent rate and a ropcnl of the internal revenue tax on tobacco • and alcohol used In the arts Others want the sugar tax removed entirely , whllo still moro dent want It touched , and think a repeal - peal of the tobacco tax will bo sumclont to bring the revenues down to tbo nnpual ncc- cssary expenditures of the government with a llttlo margin for tbo sinking fund and the rcdomptlon of bonds Tbo boot sugar mon of Nebraska nnd , Kansas have combined with n cano grower of Louisiana to maintain the present duty , and they uro sustained by the powerful in- lluonco j ] of the sugar trust , which docs not want the existing conditions disturbed The sugar trust docs not want /reo sugar , and their attorneys In U'ashlngtan nro using all possible persuasion with members of cou- gross to convince them that the abolition of the tobacco tax will tiring the rovenucs down to the proper figure These who nro opposing the lemovulof thosugurtariff have recently received two powerful reinforce ments from unexpootod quarters , I refer to Mr Ulaino and the international American conference It Is no longer a secret that the conference , which has been working quietly and with an endeavor to withhold its trans actions from the public , has under consider ation ' the question of reciprocity troatics and will recommend to the several governments ] represented mutual concessions In the Bhapo of a removal of duties upon the peculiar pro ducts of each when imported into the ports of the others The Central und South American nations that produce sugar , nnd all but three of them are in tbo list , are willing , to reduce tbolr duties upon flour , provisions ] , refined petroleum , lumber nnd ether ( necossancs when imported from this country provided the United Stutos will remove - move j the duty upon sugar produced within their territory They feel that suob an arrangement , will not only bring tbo products | I bavo tnoutlonod within the roach of ' the common people among their inhab itants ' , but will stimulate tbo enter prise 1 und industry , of tbolr planters who find it difficult to compete with tbo Blavo labor of Cuba und the coolie labor of Trinidad und tbo French , English and Dutch Guinea colonics There is nothing but sugar that tbo United States can now offer in exenange , and it is argued tnat such a ' reciprocal -orrangomont will not only re sult ' in this necessary reduction of rovenucs , but ' will largely Increase the export of our farm products and petroleum and lumber II wo remove tno duty on sugar without asking ' any concessions from them tbero will bo no further opportunity for recip ' rocity treaties , as that is the only article Imported from these countries that is now taxed in our custom bouses Such treaties would result in reduclug the sugar rovenueo about 60 per cent , for the tax upon that portion of our supply that comes from Cuba and the European colonies in South i America would remain as bo- fore Mr Blaine is particularly Interested [ in having tbo sugar duty remain undisturbed [ as bo is already at work arranging tbo i reciprocity treaties with Mexico und Urazil , : the two countries from which our greatest supply of sugar would couio and to which our exports of flour , provisions , refined I petroleum aud lumber have tbo greatest In crease Each country has a population of : l'J.OOO.OOO of people , or 21.0JO.OOO in all , and [ the duties imposed by them upon our farm i products are eo high us to almost prohibit their use by tbo common people The agi- tation in congress of the question of remov ing the sugar tax naturally interferes with the negotatioas Mr Ulaino Is now carrying on and has recently bad u consultation with the republican members of tbo senate committee - mitteo on finance and the house committee on ways and moans on this sub ject , Mr John W. Foster , form crly minister to Mexico and now the attorney of the legation of Mexico nt Wash ington , has gene to Mexico to confer with Prcsidont Diaz upon the practicability of ro- viving the reciprocity treaty that was ar ranged by General Grant and and Minister Homoro ten years ago , but was never > car rled into effect because of tbo neglect of our congress to provide tbo necossaryJogtslation , Mr Fosters return is uwaitod with Interest WAT8 AND MEANS WOItK Notwithstanding their diverse sentiments the republican members of the committee on wuys and means have practically agreed to include in the tariff bill they are preparing J provision reducing the duty on sugar 50 per cent , They are working on the bill with great industry during the morning hours at tbo commlttea room nnd nonrly every evening 7 ing ut the apartments of Major McKinley , Tlisy intend to have the bill completed so as to report to the house by Monday , the 81th Inst , and will call It up for coosid- oration as soon thereafter as possible , proba- blyon the ild of March REACIIINQ I1ACKWAHD. There Is pending before the house committee i- mitteo on labor a bill which if passed will take millions of dollars from the treasury It provides that whoever has been employed as a laborer or mechanic by the government of the United States since Juno 25 , 18(58. ( the data of the passage of the eight hour law r. , shall bo paid for all the time bo has worked in excess of olclit hours a day and that ho , may bo authorized to bring his claim before the court of claims to bo adjusted on the basis that eight hours constitutes a days work , und that court is authorized to give judgment against the United States to each claimant for the amount found to bo duo ) The committee will report the bill shortly and that it will pass the house if it ever gets to a vote is certain , although it Is not likely to go through tbo sonalo The bill will reach every man who has boon employed ns a laborer or workman for tbo government and it Is said that between 81,000,000 und (3,000,000 worth of claims will bo brought by the laborers In the various navy yards PLATE I'ltlNTEJlS Will NOT STHIItE The plato printers union , which threat cned to striKe In the bureau of engraving bo- cause u colored girl was assiguod to duty Its helper for one of its members , has decided not to make any further resistance to the order of the secretary of the treasury but will appeal to congress to change the latv so that printers can select their own assistants This conclusion has been reached alter long consideration and represents the ludgmeut of the cool headed members of tbo union ' , They saw that it was useless to nttoinpt a rtight against the secretary of the treasury wbtu hq is simply currying out the laws of congress and has no discretion lu the mutter , Inn it remains to be seen whether any of , J them will receive the colored girl who is the direct cause of the Iroublo TJiey protest that they do not object to her because of her color , but because tbo printer * to whom sbo was usslgued profcr [ some ono else 1IOVCOTTISO WANAMAKEK The merchants of Georgia threaten to boy cott Postmaster Ueuerul Wauumakor , who has n largo wholesale bttsltjoss in that stnto , unlcss.ho coiisos to npnolnt colored mon to postofilccs down therej They are holding meetings and passing rcsolhtlons declaring him to bo the onomV-of < hb south nnd its commercial | ' Interests nnd advising all purrj chnsors to trada olsawhoro The postmaster general Is receiving n great many letters from the publlo com mondlng the poBtnltolcgrnim scheme which ho Las submitted tottho bouse committca on | postofficcs | and post'roads , although It docs not meat with great favor from the Tiiombers no that commlttco TlUOr IKDlSrOSBD . Secretary Tracy has jnotyot roturncd to his desk at the navy department He In tended to do so several iluvs ago but has been suffering from Indigestion , nnd by the ndvico of his physician remains In his rooms nv the hotel , where , htr moved from the whlta hobso Inst Monday The secretary has , ontlroly recovered itroxn the effects of the fire so far as bis physical condition Is concerned arid maintains his composure well at times when some olds friend of the family calls upon him nnd bo'-tindcrtakcs to rcclto the Incidents of the lire . Ho is attending to the , moro Importnnl buslnoss of the depart f lieiit at his rooms nnd a messenger goes bask und forth frequently carrying papers for bis examination and slgnaturo Ho hopes to bo ublo to rcsumo his dutlos fully the first of the week \ Miss Alllo Wilmording hos ontoroly recovered - covered but her mother Is still confined to her 1 bed and is likely to bo for a wcok yet with her broxcu arm uud spratnod nuklo . The Insurance compaulos will restore the house to its original condition to the extent J of $25,000 nnd the romalridor of the cost will bo \ paid by the secretary There was no in- surunco on his furnltnro or library or paint inc 1 which were valued nt * JO,000 and are a total ' loss The entire financial loss will rouch { 50,000 , which Is oritsclf a severe blow to , Mr Tracy as ho is net a woiilthy man Ills ] estate Is estimated lo bn worth from 5200,000 i to $ J50,000 , Ho will lcaso the real denco as soon us it is restored , but will never occupy it again * i lu tbo desk of ono of tbo clerks in Score tury | Tracy's ' office arfl anungod in rubber strapped i bundles upward of half a thousand letters 1 , telegrams , engrossed resolutions and other forms or expressed , sympathv and condolence - dolonco ' for him In his hour of sorrow , sent from all points of the country and even from j other parts of the world Tht'so have been 1 preserved even from the humblest sources < , and will probably bo placed in a scrap J album for the eye of the secretory " ' whcn the first sharp pangs of his grief have passed away 1IOC1IE9TEII ItETlllES TOPAT , The Star tonight has the following : Pay master General W. 13. Hochoster of the army will become sixty-four years of ago tomorrow - morrow , und will celebrate that event by re tiring from the office Ho has been the oc cupant of this position nt ) the head of tbo pay department for olcht years , and has in that time earned the " reputation of bolng ono of the most efficient , ffiithtul'and careful accounting - counting , officers who over served the gov ernment Ho has novpr-Tjeeu a particularly popular j man , although in ever au unpopular - ular one , owing to' bis somewhat reserved , retiring nature , but there is no ono in the ; service who docs'n 'ot express the opinion that bis udmimstration ' of.tho financial affairs of . the army has been a mpst successful ono It is tbo best compllmeht' hat the treasury dopartmcut can say of a man that his ac counts ' are satisfactory , audit Is there Baid of General Hochcstor that his accounts wcro 1 the best over received 'He has been on duty in'this city at various times and has a great many friends hero His retirement will necessitate the appointment of a now pay master general , and In anticipation of that event ' several candidates liuvefccen In-tbo ! field for time Tho'most some , promising of these are Colonels UodncrSmith ] and William A. Jtucker , who uront thedioariof the 4ist , , and Majors WilliamR Glbson.-Cuarle * M. Terrolllnnd.Asa > BCorssv B noy Smith Is the next man in order , and there are those who predict that the fight between the i others ' will cause the president to take i the cosiest course to solve the problem by appointing him The main struggle lies be ' tween Torrell nnd Carey , the former being an Indianlan with a presidential acquaintance I tance and other strong backing , and the Uit- ter the husband of Secretary Proctors > nloco Terrell is regarded In some quarters ' as tbo most likely man"on'tbo ltst IN THE BENATB Senator Paddock prcsontod in the senate today a telegraphic petition from the board [ of trade of Hustings demanding relief from the oppressions of the long find short haul I clause of tbo interstate commerce law ; also i a memorial from the ppard.of trodo of Tecumseh - cumseh asking the passage of tno Paddock : bill for publio buildings in cities where the i receipts of the postoffipo for three successive i years exceeded $3,000 per annum Senator Moody presented in tbo senate today - day a memorial from the legislative assem- bly of the state of South , Dakota praying : that a survey bo made df tbo Big Stone lake i with a view to its use < as a reservoir for tbo Mississippi river ; also a memorial 1 from the assembly on the subject of pension i legislation Ho also presented a memorial I from the legislature relating to that portion of the Crow Creole reservation opened by President Arthur on February 27 , 18b5 , and I revoked by President Cleveland The senate on motion of Senator Paddock , passed the bill for the sale of the Fort Sedg- wick military reservation in Nebraska and Colorado to actual settlers under the bouie- stead laws The senate also passed a bill to correct tbo patent of John Seclilor , This a rather peculiar case Sechlor was the heir of one s of tbo blood relatives of the Chovonncs and I Arnpahoos entitled to 040 acres of land under the treaty of 1807. Somehow or other the patent to the land was Issued In tbo name of John Slckols The act passed today , is to correct this error " which Is a natural ono as the name was probably erroneously transcribed owing to the similarity of the lottcrs MISCELlANEODB G. M. Lambortson of Lincoln leaves for Nebraska tomorrow Ho has talked with Congressman Counell'and is to appear la tbo Uurris case when tbo motion to show cause why a writ of habeas corpussbould not issue is reached It is expected the 1st of March The department of justice has recelvod ad- dltioiinl papers In relation to the site for tbo new federal building -Oinabu and Chief Clerk Uoutly will examine them ' and report to the supervising architect clerk of the treasury us to the validity Ilof tbo title some day next wobk . { Mrs H. U. Harrlngtdn Of , Nebraska , who is the guest of SenatoVPaddock's family , has been appointed .to a * position undortho census office and yvilt • begin ber duties on Monday next _ W. J. Urooks was appointed today fourth class postmaster at Hurdy 'JJucUolU county ' , Nebraska , vlco N. W , Slater : resigned Howard P. Rows aud ? JH Malllloau of Kearney have been appolatoa postal clerks with runs in Nebraska ,1 An effort U being madd.io establish a post office at Covington , Nebi ) JThe office was nbolishod about a year&go because of the depraved condition of , tbo , morals of the place Covington has grown better In every respect , and it Is probable that tbo postoffico will be reestablished i Kugouo M. Cooley Is to boi appointed post master at the Sioux ngoaJ rjNobraska Tbo house Judiciary comcfittoo today de ' cided to report lo the haUso , for action the International copyright • bill to bo prepared by Hoprcsontatlro Adamsi-npon the basis of the provision of tbo Hrccklnridge bill Two pension bills of importance passed the senuto today , The first repeals tbo sections of the ro- ' vlsod statutes which requires that the claim for a pension by a state militiaman for disability Incurred while temporarily on duty must bo filed before July , 1U74. The ether provides that the oaths required In pension or bounty coses maybe taken before - fore any officer authorized to adminlstor oaths for general purposes Postmaster ! have been appointed lu Nebraska - braska as follows : James B , Simpson > " ' i "Venago , Perkins .jc ounty Uobert Pinson ! , Platte Coulre , Platte county ; E. > I , Talbott , Seneca , Thomas county PEiiar S , Heath Tlio WomUorPnrcoam For Omaha and vicinity i Fair weather , For NebrasKu and Iowa : Fair , warmer , southerly winds For South Dakota : Fair , variable winds , colder b.unday morning " NEW HOUSE RULES ADOPTED , The RopubHcnnB Carry the Oodo by a Party Vote BYNUM OFFERS AN AMENDMENT _ _ _ _ _ Denounced na n Bolicino to Uury Penb Ion Lcglnlntlon null Ovcrwholiu- Ingly Dcrcntnl Alter a llcntcd Dobnto Ilnttsc WAsniNOTON , Fob 14. Not moro than two dozen members were present when the ! house | , * met at 11 o'clock In continuation of Thursdays . Bcsslon After several speeches In ' opposition to the now code of rules , the session ot Thursday ended and that of Fri day ] began , The committee on the worlds fair reported , und Its report was ordered printed and recommitted The consideration of the rules was then proceeded with Mr Uynum of Indiana olTurod nu amend vmont , providing that when any bill for the , Increase of pensions or for the granting of pensions I not formerly provided for is pendIng - Ing I , it shall bo in order to offer an amend ment , providing by taxation tor the payment thereof Mr Thomas of Wisconsin opposed tlio amendment , declaring thnt Its object was to bury { nil pension legislation In the house Mr Spniola of No w York coutrovoitod this proposition und ussertod that the demoa cratlo sldo of the house would bo found true as stool to the real interests of the votorntis of ' the country , uut believed n lax should bo placed 1 especially for paying pensions . Mr Allen of Michigan was glad that this heinous ' amendment sprang from the brain of n gentleman trained lu Indluun polltics.bu- longing ' to that class of mon who were pcaco men ' in war and war men in peace This J proposition , disguised ub it might bo , was Intended J to thwart any attomut to allolvato the ' condition of soldiers by any further pen sion ' legislation Air Clements of Georgia , In supporting the ntnendmont , expressed his bellof that the soldiers did not demand extravagance in the granting of pensions . Mr Grosvonor followed Clements , and strongly opposed the amendment , und on vote , It was rejected j eas , 00 ; nays , 104 | Mr Outhwalto'a motion striking nut the clause constituting 100 members a quorum In commlttco . of the whole was rejected Ho pointed out that rule .3. which reads , "moi tlons or propositions originating either in the hbuso'or < senate , etc , " would by Implication , nnd ugnlnst the constitution , acknowledge the ] right of the senate lo oiiginato revenue bills Ho moved nn ntnendmont of this which was adopted , the spcakor stating that there had been no intention on the part of the committee j to make such acknowledgement Motion bv Mr Crisp to strike out the cluuso conferring upon the speaker the power to count a quorum , and bv Mr Mills to strlko out lho clause that no dilatory mo tions bo entertained by the spcakor , were lost Flvo o'clock having arrived the speaker Btatod that the previous question was or dered on adoption of the rules Mr Springer inquired whether a motion to recommit with instructions Arns in order , and received a negative reply The rules were then adopted by a strict party vote yeas , 101 ; nays , 145 ; and the house adjourned * * " " ' * " Honatd ; • , > • - Washington , Feb " " 14. In tbo senuto today a number of bills were passed , includ- Ing the following : A bouse bill for the re lief of sufferers by tbo wreok of the United Slates , steamer , ut Samoa ; a ' bill npproprl- ntlng $23,000 for the relief of the Sioux In- dians ai Devils Lake agency , N. D.pro- ; vidlng for an assistant secretary of war at a salary of 74.500 ; for the t oliof of soldiers or sailors who enlisted or served under as sumed names.tp prevent the obstruction of navigoblo waters and to protect public works against trespass ; to pro vide for { ho disposal of the Fort Sedgwick military reservation in the | states of Colorado and Nebraska to actual settlers undertho provisions of the homo stead laws ; appropriating $100,000 for a oub- lie building-ut Eau Claire ; to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases from ono i state to another ; n concurrent resolution for international arbitration The bill to declare i unlawful trusts and combinations In restraint of trade and production having been reached on the calendar , it was laid | nsido for the present Altogether there i were sixty bills passed After an exccutlvo session the senate ad- journed Confirmations Wabiiinoton , Fop 14. The senate con firmed the following nominations today : Charles Emery Smith of Pennsylvania , 1 oovoy extraordinary and minister pleni ' potentiary to Russia : J. Fonncr Leo of Maryland , secretary of legation at Rio 1 Janeiro Postmasters : Iowa W. It Shrivor , W.ntorset ; It F. Spnrks , Joffor- son ; L. B. Tbornberg , Perry ; II H. Saunders , Waterloo Wisconsin James Driver , Darlington Contested Sent > > , Wasiunoton , Feb 14. The bouse com mitteo on elections at its meeting this morn ing disposed of thrco of the contested seats before it deciding to rccommond tbo soatlng of two of the republican contestants and to J allow tbo domocratlo member to retain bis seat in tbo Third district , WOBhU'S PAIll UILLS The Spcclul fyoimnlttoa Makes lis > Itcnnrt lo tlio House Wasiunoton , Fob 14. The house _ com mitteo on the worlds fair toduy adopted its report on tbo various worlds fair bills which have been referred to it , and It was submitted to the house today , The report says tba commlttco has found it lm- practicable to report ono bill to cover all localities and therefore submits J two substitutes for the various bills As the question of the slto has been left to the bouse , a resolution is offered by the committee - too asa substitute for that previously offered by a member of tbo house January 20. This substitute provides that on the day after tbo completion of the debate on tbo bills sub milted by the committee , and immediately after the reading of the journal , the cleric ot the house shall call the roll of members , who shall nnmo the sits they prefer If no selection bo made on the first cull , the roll is to bo called again and again until a site bas been selected , • National Itostcr G , A. II Wasiunoton , Fob 14. Senator Evarts today - day introduced a bill authorizing the secro- > taryoftho Interior to purchase 5,000 copies of tbe historical bfiok of reference known as the natlonul roster of tbo Grand Army of tbe Republic , for which the bill appropriates $50,000. The purpose Is for tho'dlstritutlon by senatbrs and representatives of ono copy [ j to o.icb county library in tbe United States l , so that It tnav bo accessible to all who wish to road It The bill provldos that the rooter shall contain not less than 400,000 namijs of ex-union soldiers , sailors and mariners and the book must bo appro 'vod by the sccrotary of tba interior , . 'llio Dellolcncv Bill Washington , Fob 14. Preparation of tbo urgent deficiency appropriation bill bus been begun by the bouse commlttco on appropri ations The largest item ot this dofloiouoy bill will be about ffJl,500,000 , on account of , pensions This largo deficiency , however , does not Indicate such a great Increase in expenditures for pensions as would seem to I be apparent on the face of the statement , tbe I i ' expenditures tor the year ending July I next being , with this deficiency appropriation In- eluded , nbout $07,000,000. against $7 : > ,000,000 last year After the appropriation for pen sions for the present fiscal year had been mndo on the basis of the regular npnroprIa < Hon ( for the provlous year it was found necessary to mnko a deficiency appro priation of about $ S,000,000 for the Drovious year Subsequently it was found that even with this deficiency lho appropriation for each cxpcndituro would exceed the approprlp ntlon , nnd the commissioner of pensions , waiting until after the present fiscal year , had begun to draw on the appropriation for the fiscal year now running for nlmost $7E 000,000 to pay the pension claims accruing during tlio previous year , the ofToct bolng really ' to lessen the upproprlntlon for the r'P present fiscal year by nearly $7,000,000. , Survey or Putillo lnuiil" . Washington , Fob 14. Secretary Noble today ( transmitted to the senate the draft of u bill prepared by Cominissbnnr Ore IT of the | general land office nmendlng the second section ot the net to survey publlo lands The bill provldos " a printed mnnunl ot in structions . for the survov of public lands and special instructions for tbo surveyor general , which when not In oonillct with the in structions ! of tbo manual of the commissioner shall bo doomed to bo part of every contract for ( surveying publio lands The secrotury In j , transmitting tlio proposed bill snys the purpose of It is to logallzo thu mauunl of Mirvo.ving Instructions und Is Intended to suporscdo that prepared by the general land office in 1S55. . Tryluu to lllllc the Indlnns Wasiunoton , Fob 14. 'lho secretary of the interior has received from tbo luduu Inspector specter . Armstrong , Chamberlain , S. D , n telegram In which ho sajn town Blto locators and settlers are trespassing upon the sur- vucd homestead lands occupied by the In dians in lho newly ceded territory , and the Indians have nsked protection The inspector Bays If the town site squatters nro removed no trouble will result , otherwise ho fours conflicts Secretary Noble has Instructed the inspector to noMfy ull Interfering with Indian lands that they must remove The military force will remain until the trouble is 1 settled Nolirn < lcn , lnwnnnil il.ikom Ionslonv Washington , Fob 14. [ Spoclal Telegram to The Bee ] Ponslou * Issued to Nebraskans - , kans : Original Invalid Joseph Uutlor , Powell Increase John It Taylor , Ashton ; James C. Fletcher , Loup City Pensions for Iowans : Goorcof Porter , Oskuloosa . ; Uobort C. Lindsay , Mnrshall- town ; Calvin Voder , Eldon Increase Henry Maxwell , Mingo ; Charles Hag gard , Lenox ; Peter V. Nash , Indianal polls 1 ; Eiigono O. Storris , Wintcrsor Abi-aui Osborne , Alnllssa : John W. Jon nlngs , Thornburg : Orlando Eoper , Shell Kock ; Francis Dorrell , Lutbor Station ; Charles J L. Slader , What Cheer ; Edward M. Gassard j , Council Bluffs ; Henry A. Jaragin , ' Draper South Dakota pensions Original invalid James Prentice , Fargo Increase Thomas E. Hayter , Esmond Davis Pension Hill Wasiunoton , Fob 14. Senator Davis introduced - troduced I n bill providing a pension rate of $25 < a month from March 4 , lSbS , for all women 1 nrmy nurses during the late war and who ' rendered six months service in enmp , on ( the Hold , or in general hospitals The women \ who now rocelvo ponslons at a rate less than $25 bball liftvo their ponslons In crcasod < to that amount I'ho bill provides that those wha.yow Tccoive enslon .a9widows or , dependent mother * of soldlors who would bo 1 entitle ! ! to the benefit muy also receive $25 \ during lifo as an increase of their pension m mtlGANDH OF THIS KOCftlCS Two i Denver Youth * Arrrsted for Pliu inini ; to K Utinn Tnbnr Dlnver , Cole , Fob 14. | Spoclal Telo'J gram to Tun Bni : . ] Two young men , Oscar Roberts and Arthur Boliher , were arrested this afternoon on a charge of conspiring to " kidnap ex-Senator Tabor , and hold him until ho gave up $50,000. Tbjlr scheme appears to have boon to induce tbo million aire to enter u house which they would rent somowhoro.nnd hold him until be cava up the cash They have been considering it since November last , but were delayed by want of ready money Both boys have hdmos In Denver , but when the uintter was first proposed by Roberts , ho was in Hlncon , Now Mexico , and Boliher was In Omaha As the alTair nuvor went beyond talk , and up- pears lo be a foolish boys freak , Tabor will not proseculo _ EVl'BItPIMSlNO GUnTKHALA A Knllrond from Occnn lo Occnn Projected Ciiicaoo , Feb 14. [ Special Telegram Co The Bee I Whllo in Chicago today A. M. Bannister , the civil engineer who con structed the line of'railway In Guatemala from San Jose to Guatemala City , said bo i bad just received udvlces from tbero to the ofTect that the line is boon to bo completed to ' Port Harries , ueur the mouth or tbo Main quia river This moans that Guatemala is to have ik line of railroad from ocean to ocean , which may seriously complicate tbo | Nicaragua and Panama canul projects Transshipment of freight across country will save many days and many miles on route 1 from New York to the western part of South America A steamship line from Tampa , Fin , to Port Barnes would sborton the dls- tunco still moro According to Bannister , the eighty miles already built is the most difficult part of tbo roadway , Of Vital Intcrokt to Mtllors • Ciiicaoo , Feb 14. Judge Blodgett bas 1 rendered a decision of vital interest to nil millers using the modorri roller process Whllo the use of rollers is old , numberless patents on special devices have boon J granted , and some time ago four ot lho leuding manufacturers formed n company , pooled ull their patents and commenced suit < agulust a number of millers and mnnu- facturors for Infringement Judge Blodgett has decided in a suit brought against lho \ Barnard & Leas Manufacturing company of ; Mollno , III , that these putonls can only bo sustained for such special devices as they cover , and that the investors entered the ' field at so late a day that they are not entitled - titled to have the dootrine ot equivalents enforced - forced in their bohulf , Tlioy Nuvor Passed It Cleveland , O , , Fob 14. The explanation ssned by the Non-Partlsun National Women's Christian Tcmpcrauco union says lho Itoni 1 In the press charging that the NonPartisan National Women's Christian Temperance union ut tbo recent convention adopted n resolution presented by MrB , Aldrich , of Iowa , to make wur upon the old Womon's Christian Toinporauco union is fulso ; that Mrs Aldrloli presented the following reso- lutlon , which was adopted Resolved , Tbtt a paper prepared from tbe official records of the National Women's Christian Temperance union und tno records of the convention of the Kon-Partisan National Women's Christian Temperance union showing tlio differences of the societies on the oartisun question , , Klcctrjo lilijlit Convention , . Kansas Cur , Mo , Fob 14. Thoclectno light convention concluded its session today and elected now officers The committee pn legislation was Instructed to continue its efforts tq have the elonirio execution law of New Yoric repealed , and pending that to have It amended so the executing machine shall generate a current ot not less than 10,000 volts , " Dlod of hunsiKiUc , * Lonpon , Feb , 14. The Standards dls ' * patch from Zanzibar says tbo sultai : died from sunstroke A / i DOUBLE TRAGEDY An Old Man and Woman Shot to Death Near S9ymour Park FOLLOWED BY ROBBERY ElKhtoon Hond of Oattlo Drlvon OH at Night THE HUMAN VICTIMS FOUND Oao Hob in a Manure Pllo , the Other in a Hay Stack A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY Pho Mon Uniler Arrest South • Oninlin 1'nrlies Furnish a Clue Who is I'M O'Nml ? Mnrtln'H Story Murilcr Most Foul . Mr nnd Mrs Allan Jones were found dead yesterday morning on tbo Pliinoy fnrm , adjoining - joining ' Seymour park , nnd thrco miles west of South Omaha The husband was seven ty-ouoyoars of ngo and the wlfo has just passed her slxtiolh year . The body pt lho old man was found Inn manure pllo adjoining the cow barn Ho , had t , been burled ot n depth of a couple of feet 'lho old ladv was found at the base of a ' liny stack and hud been completely cov- crcd with hay , which bo conformed to the outline of the pllo that some searching was instituted before the discovery was made There Is not the slightest doubt that both wcro murdered and that lho deed stands WITHOUT A l'AIIAI.Lli : , in the nnnals of crime in Douglas county The Bee of yesterday morning published the story which led to the dtscovorv of the borriblo crime Dr Pmnoy of Council Bluffs owns a , beautiful farm in the vicinity described above About tbo 1st of last December bo rented it for a year to A. B. Cad walladcr , who has resided for the past year n the Hughes farm , which is located between Council Uluffs und Manuwn Mr Cudawalladci' bad mndo preparations to move which , however , had not boon completed But as there was some stoclc which the doctor desired to winter on tbo Seymour farm , it was necessary for some ono to stay there Accordingly , Mr Cad walladcr made urrangomunts for Ills wlfo's parents l , who weio visiting a son , Natbnn Jones , at Irvington , flvo miles north of the fnrm 1 , to move down and look otter the uni- mals UNTIL IIr SHOULD MOVI1 [ to | this side of the river The old coupln went to the farm about the , middle ' ot December nnd was visited every weolc by Mr Cndwalladcr Ho called on them I on the 3d of this mouth and took ever some i provisions Ho told thorn that ho was going to Chicago with some cattle for Leonard ] ard Wnrnor , the Chicago stock dealer , who bas . a largo stock farm in this county , and that ho would move ever to tbo farm'as soon as ho returned , Ho told thorn that his 'J ' ( wife , their daughter , would visit them while ] bo was gone , und see thnt tholr WANTS WElti ; LOOKED AFTEn On Monday last Mr CudWalludor loft for Chicago . On Tuesday Mrs Cadwollador nnd her Blopson drove ever , and were surprised to find the front door open NoBignoftbo old ' elks could bo discovered A coffeepot was ' frozen on the steve The dishes had , been 1 washed and put away , but the bed wus not : disturbed , and the appearances Indi cated ' that the couple had left In the early ovoninf ' Mrs , Cadwullador supposed that they i had gonu over to Irvington to vnlt the son i who was sick , nnd had como homo without suspecting , that iinything was wropg , Thursday the son drove down from Irv ington to call on his parents and found things just as they bad been soon by Mrs Cadwal- ladcr , his sister He could nttrlbuto no rea son ' for tholr dlsnpponrunco and scarchod the farm from ono end to the other No traca could < bo found in the house , collur , barns or i wall All of the stock was gene and tbo place was deserted , Ho wont ever to Cad wallader's , near Manawa , und then to Dr Pinnoy In the Bluffs As might be supposed his story cnusud lho groatcst excltemont After carefully oxamiiiing into the matter the theory was advanced that the old couple were abducted nnd taken away by the thieves who bad . stolen the stock What had bciomo ot thorn wns ot course a matter of conjecture , but soma people be lieved that tboy had boon murdered It was not thought that the old folks would drive away the stock , as Mr Jones was seventy ono and his wife sixty years of ago An evidence that they loft in a hurry was that tbo old lady had loft bor spectacles ilia only pair she had , und her pipe and tobacoo , Tbo stock taken was valued at f 1,500 und comprises the following : Ono llea-blt gray mare about ten year * old ; ono chestnut mare , in foal ; ono thrco years old lu spring , bright bay gelding , tbrco colts coming two this spring , one , a nolo bay horse colt , ono a bright bay horse colt and ono a black both under size and ono large innro colt coming ono yearold , seven bead of cows and heifers and ono Jersey bull , calf coming a year ono palo colored cow eight or nlno years old , with long burns and largo for a Jersey ; ono blaok Jersey , ono palo Jersey , a roan or red and white heifer , thrco or four years old Four or flvo of tbeso cattle bad boon dehorned There was also a young calf In tbo bunch Tbo OLU FOLKS HAD THIIB1S SONS and two daughters , living in the vicinity , AI ) were In comfortable circumstances , and with any of thoui tholr parents could have a home , so thnt' tbero was not the slightest inducement for them to bo'concornod In any such deal This was the story which The Bee pub lished to the world yesterday morning It opened the eyes ot tbo residents throughout the county and moro especially in tbo neighborhood of the boautlful and pastoral precinct * of Seymour Park , Among those whom It first attructod were Henry Rusor , Fred Seldlor , Oscar Plckard and Fjetcti Wagner , They Immediately saw that so metblng w wrong nnd 1NSIPE OF HALF AN HOL'H after they had road the story tboy were o- tbe grounds In qucstlou They visited the house and noted the fea- turcs above detailed , There was no clue to the mystery save the slgbtlot- spectacles whish Mrs Jones would never have left the house without carrjing with her 1 ho party thcu scoured the grounds , the b-rnv , IK woods and along thu fence * . la I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I